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Space Jobs for IT Professionals in California

64 open roles for IT professionals at 24 space companies name a site in California, most of them in Hawthorne and Long Beach; typical pay runs $108k–$215k/yr. Listed straight from each employer's careers site, checked every hour.

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Space companies hiring IT professionals in California

EmployerOpen roles hereMedian posted pay
SpaceX18$141k/yr
The Aerospace Corporation5not stated
Rocket Lab5$119k/yr
Vast5$152k/yr
Impulse Space4$168k/yr
Apex3$150k/yr
Amentum2too few figures
Astranis2too few figures
Muon Space2too few figures
Northwood Space2too few figures
True Anomaly2too few figures
Virgin Galactic2too few figures
AeroVironment (AV)1too few figures
General Galactic1too few figures
Inversion Space1too few figures
K2 Space1too few figures
KBR1too few figures
Lockheed Martin1too few figures
Millennium Space Systems1too few figures
Reflect Orbital1too few figures
Terran Orbital1too few figures
Viasat1too few figures
Voyager Technologies1too few figures
Xona Space Systems1too few figures

Where the roles are

  • Hawthorne16
  • Long Beach12
  • El Segundo8
  • Los Angeles4
  • Redondo Beach4
  • Vandenberg4
  • San Francisco2
  • Torrance2
  • Tustin2
  • Burlingame1

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Which space companies hire IT professionals in California?

Today, SpaceX (18 roles), The Aerospace Corporation (5 roles), Rocket Lab (5 roles), Vast (5 roles), Impulse Space (4 roles), Apex (3 roles), and 18 more. The table above lists every employer with a role open in California.

Where in California are the roles for IT professionals?

Most are in Hawthorne (16), Long Beach (12), El Segundo (8), Los Angeles (4), as the postings name their sites. A role that names several sites counts at each.

How much do space roles for IT professionals in California pay?

The roles here that state pay post a median $141k/yr, with typical pay from $108k–$215k/yr; 91.8% of California's postings state their pay at all, which our research on where space jobs are compares state by state. California's law has required employers with 15 or more employees to state a pay range in job postings since 1 Jan 2023 (each state's law beside its postings).

Do roles for IT professionals in California require US citizenship?

Of the 4,856 space postings in California whose text we read, 76.4% are limited to US citizens or US persons and 35.6% name a security clearance, by our research on who can apply, which compares every state. Each posting states its own rule, often citing export control under ITAR or the EAR.

How is this list made?

We read each employer's own job board every hour. A role is listed here when it is a US role and its own location line names a place in California, by the same reading as our research on where space jobs are, and its title names the profession by the same rule as the page for IT professionals; remote roles that name no state are on the remote jobs page.